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Review of Rosewater (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 14 Nov 2014

While very much a movie made by a first-timer with a modest, $10 million budget, Rosewater is also thoughtful, straightforward and occasionally…

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Review of Force Majeure (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 06 Nov 2014

Writer/director Ruben Östlund delivers utterly on an ingeniously simple premise, one that is all the more agonizing and hilarious for its elegance…

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 06 Nov 2014

Interstellar tries to ground its corn-pone mush in quantum theory and paper over its planet-sized plot holes with enormous vistas and the most…

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Review of Open Windows (2014)

By Charles Ealy (164) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 06 Nov 2014

[Open Windows] ranks as one of the most inventive films of the year, even if it is a bit head-scratching at times…

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Review of Nightcrawler (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 30 Oct 2014

[Gyllenhall] is hypnotic and electrifying as the skull-like Louis Bloom, a strange man in need of steady work who hurls himself into the high-speed,…

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Review of ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 30 Oct 2014

The batting average is higher than the first film, but nothing is quite as extreme…

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Review of Whiplash (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 30 Oct 2014

Whiplash is a gripping look at the complicated dynamic between talented students and the abusive teachers who make them thrive (or prey on…

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Review of Birdman (2015)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 22 Oct 2014

There are many things by which one should be amazed in Alejandro G…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 22 Oct 2014

There are many things by which one should be amazed in Alejandro G…

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Review of John Wick (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 22 Oct 2014

Go for Reeves as a killing machine, stay for the blood spray and gnarly action, smartly and calmly photographed by Jonathan Sela…

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Review of Fury (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 15 Oct 2014

Tank combat and a lot of blood: That's about it to Fury…

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Review of St. Vincent (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 15 Oct 2014

On the whole, St. Vincent is a jumble of twee, American independent film clichés that felt finished by the time Garden State left theaters…

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Review of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

By Dale Roe (24) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 08 Oct 2014

It's not awful, but it's hardly the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad that we were promised…

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Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 01 Oct 2014

Gone Girl is the thriller of the year, a master-class in pacing and tension from one of the great American directors…

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Review of 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 01 Oct 2014

Visual artists and first-time feature directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard have given 20,000 Days a potent mix of the raw and the cooked…

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Review of Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)

By Matthew Odam (59) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 01 Oct 2014

Benjamin displays the familiar Hendrix quirks (the jaw gyrations, wide eyes and smiles while jamming), captures his wind-blown-kite voice perfectly,…

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Review of The Boxtrolls (2014)

By Dale Roe (24) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 24 Sep 2014

The story, with its lessons of tolerance and truth to one's self, is not deep, but it is wonderfully told -- an obvious labor of love…

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Review of The Maze Runner (2014)

By Dale Roe (24) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 17 Sep 2014

The maze is intriguing, the creatures are terrifying and the action scenes are of the stuff whipping around and moving so fast it's hard to…

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Review of Tusk (2014)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 17 Sep 2014

Even if Smith is preaching to the converted, it's nice to hear his goofy voice once more…

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Review of The Drop (1965)

By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 10 Sep 2014

Where did this frustrating movie go wrong? There are multiple possible choke points…

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